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Washington County, Florida Obituary Collection
(From Various Funeral Homes in the Chipley, Vernon, Wausau, Caryville, and Ebro, Florida areas.)

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Washington County, Florida Obituary Collection

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Pouikas Grigalauskas, 96
Pouilas Grigalauskas of Sunny Hills died Dec. 12 in Chipley.
He is survived by one son, Arunas Grigalauskas of Marlboro, Mass.
He was of the Catholic faith. Rosary services were held Dec. 27. The funeral followed at St. Theresa Catholic Church with Monsignor Francis Szczykutowicz officiating.
Burial was in Calvary Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home of Chipley directing.

Willie Commander, 99
Willie Louise Harrell Commander died Dec. 25 at Wiregrass Nursing Home in Geneva, Ala. She was born Oct. 14, 1907, in Noma to William Arnold Harrell and Florence Melissa Brookins Harrell.
She married Emogene (E.J.) Commander in 1926 and settled in the Sweet Gum Head community in Holmes County. She spent 47 years teaching in the Holmes County school district.
She was a charter member of the Holmes County Historical Society, a member of the Florida Teachers Association, and in 1959, she served as Worthy Matron of the Union Hill Chapter #246 Order of the Eastern Star. She received her 50-year pin for participation in the Holmes County Extension Homemakers’ Association.
Commander was instrumental in creating the first Holmes County Head Start Program in Ponce de Leon in 1965. Upon retirement in 1972, she became an active member of the Holmes County Retired Educators Association and participated in the Senior Citizens Volunteer Program where she helped start the Ponce de Leon Community Library. She also was an active member of the Sweet Gum Head Church of Christ.
A southern girl through and through, she named the ranch where she spent the majoritry of her life, Tara for the days of the Civil War which interested her most.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a sister, Evely Harrell, and brothers, Burlean, Lunie, Melton Lee and Lonnie Harrell.
Survivors include a daughter, Willie Helen Commander Galloway, and husband, Cyrial C. (Bill) Galloway; and son, Ernest Gene Commander Sr., and wife, Carolyn Coursey Commander; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.
Services were held Dec. 28 in the Sweet Gum Head Church of Christ with Minister Don Campbell and Dr. Jerry Galloway officiating.
Burial followed in the Tara Gasebo Family Cemetery in Sweet Gum Head with Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva, Ala., directing.
Memorial donations may be sent to Wiregrass Christian Youth Camp, P.O. Box 31172, Enterprise, AL 36331, or Panama Mission, % Childersburg Church of Christ, Coosa Pines Drive, Childersburg, AL.

Geraldine Moore, 81
Geraldine S. Moore of Vernon died Dec. 26 in Chipley. She was born in Vernon Nov. 18, 1925, to Wilburn Wallace and Minnie (Clemmons) Russ.
Moore had lived in Vernon for the past 22 years, moving there from Eagle Lake. She was a member of the Eagle Lake Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Tobe Russ.
Survivors include her husband, Clarence Moore of Vernon; a son, Larry Moore of Vernon; two daughters, Mary Gipson of Haines City and Nancy Robinson of Winter Haven, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held Dec. 28 in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Allan English officiating.
Burial followed in Hard Labor Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home of Chipley directing.

Shawn Dominguez, infant
Shawn Michael Dominguez of Cottondale died Dec. 24 at Jackson Hospital in Marianna. He was the son of Lora E. Homan and Richard A. Dominguez Jr, who survive.
Also surviving are three brothers, Anthony Stephen Homan, James Dominguez and Chris Dominguez; one sister, Angel Dominguez; maternal grandmother, Rhonda Gay of Cottondale; paternal grandparents, Virginia Comlliette and Richard A. Dominguez.
Graveside services were conducted Dec. 27 at First Assembly of God Cemetery in Cottondale. James & Sikes Funeral Home, Maddox Chapel of Marianna, was in charge of arrangements.

Bonnom Western, 70
Bonnom Wade (Wes) Western of Chipley died Dec. 24 in Dothan, Ala., He was born July 12, 1936, in Salado, Ark., to James and Zula (Weatherman) Western.
He was of the Baptist faith and was a member of Holmes Creek Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for three years.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Western of Chipley; a son, Byron Western and wife, Anissa, of Chipley; two daughters, Molissa Snell and husband, Curtis, Renee Thames and husband, Todd, all of Chipley; five sisters, Alice Moore of Missouri, Mary Moore of Texas, Jan Sutton of California, Paulette Sullivan and Sharon House, both of Texas; and seven grandchildren.
Services were held Dec. 29 in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Tim Steel officiating.
Burial was in Poplar Springs Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home of Chipley directing.
Memorial donations may be made to the Holmes Creek Baptist Church.

James F. Smith, 61
James Franklin “Frankie” Smith of Westville died Dec. 27 at his home. He was born in Westville May 5, 1945.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Tommy and Alberta Bradley Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Melissa Elaine Cooper Smith of Westville; a daughter, LaWana Mae Smith of Bonifay; sister, Demetral Wages of Panama City, and one grandson.
Services were held Dec. 29 in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. James Smith officiating.
Memorialization was by cremation with Peel Funeral Home of Bonifay directing.

Josephine Nesbit, 88
Josephine Rose Nesbit died Dec. 8 at Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley. She was the widow of the late John Robert Nesbit.
She had three foster sons, George Kreisher of Cranberry, Pa., Donald Kreisher of Chipley and James Kreisher of Bonifay.
Survivors include a brother; special friends, Robert Cyr of Maine, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ruskin, Carl Young Sr. and Carl Young Jr., all of Chipley, three grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Dec. 12 in Glenwood Cemetery with the Rev. David Hingson officiating, and Brown Funeral Home of Chipley directing.

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